[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 126, Issue 10
EJ Kobek
ejkobek at gmail.com
Fri Oct 10 21:25:06 UTC 2014
Hi, Donna and all,
Donna, that was so lovely of you to share that NBP blog post...I've become
a guest blogger, looking to do more and more creative things for them.
There was a new one posted last night....I've been trying to get to the
link...my computer is acting up...I'm humbled for the sharing...and, any
feedback of a critical nature would be welcome, as well as anything anyone
wants to say....Thank you all for the respectful and warm welcome to this
vivid community. I'd like to offer that, if any Stylist wants to read
things over the phone for voice sharing, I'd be happy to hear, too. My
email address is ejkobek at gmail.com, from which I can share my phone number
for anyone who wants to do that.....
Helen
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> 1. Re: story questions (Chris Kuell )
> 2. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (myrnaspoetry)
> 3. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (myrnaspoetry)
> 4. Re: Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA (Barbara Hammel)
> 5. A great article about Braille for older adults from our
> newest Stylist member (Applebutter Hill)
> 6. poetry group opportunity (Barbara Hammel)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:30:25 -0400
> From: "Chris Kuell " <ckuell at comcast.net>
> To: "'Barbara HAMMEL'" <poetlori8 at msn.com>, "'Writer's Division
> Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] story questions
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> Hi Barbara,
>
> I think Donna gave an excellent answer to your question, plus some good
> strategy thoughts. I've read about authors who come up with an idea, or a
> character, and just sit down and start writing to see what happens. Others
> carefully plan out a plot and an outline, and fill it in. I tend to fall in
> between, meaning I think out my story, then sit to write it, and sometimes
> it changes, and I just go with it. But there's only one way to find out
> what
> works best for you, and that's to sit and write.
> Good luck,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:41:05 -0500
> From: myrnaspoetry <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>
> To: Jackie Williams <jackieleepoet at cox.net>, Writer's Division Mailing
> List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> Message-ID: <53E47DE2-A6B8-466A-AB11-0EE07E556017 at yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort to
> really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and
> watching as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I
> think it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really
> think in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > I refrained from commenting earlier because the first time Iread it I
> > thought not much of this offering but now that I've read it again I DO
> > realize the wonder of it. Morna, I've saved 5 of your poems to add to my
> > "other writers" poetry. I do very much enjoy your poems -- which shows
> that
> > I'm broadening my horizons since you write free verse. :) You, Lynda and
> > Jackie write wonderfully.
> > (LOL! My only disappointment about this poem is that purple, pink and
> orange
> > were missing by name.)
> > Barbara
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 4, 2014, at 18:51, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Myrna,
> >> I regret that it has taken me this long to comment on your superb poem.
> It
> >> is almost overwhelming with its personification of colors, and the
> >> realization that these are remembered, and kept in a vault as treasures.
> >> It makes me want to ask you a million questions.
> >> I am one of the fortunate ones for whom the vault has not yet closed.
> But
> >> almost week by week, those colors are dimming without recognition of
> the
> >> hues, and shades. I have an aide who helped me put matching jewelry into
> >> plastic bags on which I use a "pen-friend" which tells me the color, and
> >> whether it is made by someone I know, and the date. I have always tried
> to
> >> be perfectly coordinated with everything on me, so it is a bitter pill.
> >> You, obviously, at some point had full vision to remember the colors in
> >> such
> >> a personal way related to the entire outdoors and emotions as well.
> >> I would like to know your background in writing poetry. Did you take
> >> classes, go to workshops, get a degree?
> >> And how would you feel about me copying this poem and taking it to my
> >> poetry
> >> class to share with my fellow poets in my critique group. Our first
> >> meeting
> >> this fall is this coming Tuesday. While they have some insight into the
> >> blind because of me, but not nearly enough to recognize how creative the
> >> blind can be.
> >> I hope you are consistently getting better and closer to having your
> >> computer.
> >>
> >> With admiration,
> >> Jackie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> >> myrnaspoetry
> >> via stylist
> >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:06 AM
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> Subject: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> Last night at our meeting we talked about colors and I wanted to share
> >> this
> >> poem I'd written some time ago. Hope it is enjoyed. I wish I could send
> it
> >> as attachment but I do not have access to my computer yet.
> >> Myrna
> >>
> >> Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> I open the door to my vault
> >> of unseen colors using imagination's
> >> key and I find myself in awe
> >> and wonderment at the many treasures
> >> I have gathered over the years,
> >> the mysticism and the stark reality,
> >> the grace of blue, its penchant for peace,
> >> and the voracious appetite of red with its
> >> livid caricature in times of anger.
> >> I stumble across the many shades of green,
> >> breathing in its promise of renewal.
> >> I touch the playfulness of yellow and the glory of cerise, the
> >> invitation of black and white,
> >> and I smile at the seemingly
> >> dull surprises of brown and gray,
> >> and with faith renewed I sort through
> >> the depths of every memory, the images
> >> and echoes, the ocean's changing hues and seasonal
> >> paintings upon a mountain, the building
> >> of a night sky and a waking dawn,
> >> the shadows of rainbows
> >> and the portraits drawn by racing clouds.
> >>
> >> My memory vault is overflowing and yet
> >> I cannot, nor will not, divide those special
> >> moments into slots of importance for each
> >> owns a significant place within the heart and
> >> my vault would not be the same
> >> without them, whether they are flawed
> >> or remembered
> >> in pristine perfection.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:42:55 -0500
> From: myrnaspoetry <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>
> To: Jackie Williams <jackieleepoet at cox.net>, Writer's Division Mailing
> List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> Message-ID: <37B3B767-33A8-4308-9055-8E0DCCC43696 at yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> To Jackie and Lynda
> Thank you so very much for these kind words. You both have made my day and
> made me smile.
> Myrna
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort to
> really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and
> watching as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I
> think it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really
> think in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > I refrained from commenting earlier because the first time Iread it I
> > thought not much of this offering but now that I've read it again I DO
> > realize the wonder of it. Morna, I've saved 5 of your poems to add to my
> > "other writers" poetry. I do very much enjoy your poems -- which shows
> that
> > I'm broadening my horizons since you write free verse. :) You, Lynda and
> > Jackie write wonderfully.
> > (LOL! My only disappointment about this poem is that purple, pink and
> orange
> > were missing by name.)
> > Barbara
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 4, 2014, at 18:51, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Myrna,
> >> I regret that it has taken me this long to comment on your superb poem.
> It
> >> is almost overwhelming with its personification of colors, and the
> >> realization that these are remembered, and kept in a vault as treasures.
> >> It makes me want to ask you a million questions.
> >> I am one of the fortunate ones for whom the vault has not yet closed.
> But
> >> almost week by week, those colors are dimming without recognition of
> the
> >> hues, and shades. I have an aide who helped me put matching jewelry into
> >> plastic bags on which I use a "pen-friend" which tells me the color, and
> >> whether it is made by someone I know, and the date. I have always tried
> to
> >> be perfectly coordinated with everything on me, so it is a bitter pill.
> >> You, obviously, at some point had full vision to remember the colors in
> >> such
> >> a personal way related to the entire outdoors and emotions as well.
> >> I would like to know your background in writing poetry. Did you take
> >> classes, go to workshops, get a degree?
> >> And how would you feel about me copying this poem and taking it to my
> >> poetry
> >> class to share with my fellow poets in my critique group. Our first
> >> meeting
> >> this fall is this coming Tuesday. While they have some insight into the
> >> blind because of me, but not nearly enough to recognize how creative the
> >> blind can be.
> >> I hope you are consistently getting better and closer to having your
> >> computer.
> >>
> >> With admiration,
> >> Jackie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> >> myrnaspoetry
> >> via stylist
> >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:06 AM
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> Subject: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> Last night at our meeting we talked about colors and I wanted to share
> >> this
> >> poem I'd written some time ago. Hope it is enjoyed. I wish I could send
> it
> >> as attachment but I do not have access to my computer yet.
> >> Myrna
> >>
> >> Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> I open the door to my vault
> >> of unseen colors using imagination's
> >> key and I find myself in awe
> >> and wonderment at the many treasures
> >> I have gathered over the years,
> >> the mysticism and the stark reality,
> >> the grace of blue, its penchant for peace,
> >> and the voracious appetite of red with its
> >> livid caricature in times of anger.
> >> I stumble across the many shades of green,
> >> breathing in its promise of renewal.
> >> I touch the playfulness of yellow and the glory of cerise, the
> >> invitation of black and white,
> >> and I smile at the seemingly
> >> dull surprises of brown and gray,
> >> and with faith renewed I sort through
> >> the depths of every memory, the images
> >> and echoes, the ocean's changing hues and seasonal
> >> paintings upon a mountain, the building
> >> of a night sky and a waking dawn,
> >> the shadows of rainbows
> >> and the portraits drawn by racing clouds.
> >>
> >> My memory vault is overflowing and yet
> >> I cannot, nor will not, divide those special
> >> moments into slots of importance for each
> >> owns a significant place within the heart and
> >> my vault would not be the same
> >> without them, whether they are flawed
> >> or remembered
> >> in pristine perfection.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
> >> stylist mailing list
> >> stylist at nfbnet.org
> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> >> stylist:
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Writers Division web site
> >> http://writers.nfb.org/
> >> stylist mailing list
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> > http://writers.nfb.org/
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:50:39 -0500
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "myrnaspoetry" <myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com>, "Writer's Division
> Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
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> I also envisioned you looking into a vault but then just walking into
> it
> and lovingly picking up each memory and examining it ... like I sometimes
> do
> with the dolls in my doll collection.
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
> -----Original Message-----
> From: myrnaspoetry via stylist
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:42 AM
> To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
>
> To Jackie and Lynda
> Thank you so very much for these kind words. You both have made my day and
> made me smile.
> Myrna
>
>
>
> > On Oct 8, 2014, at 11:40 AM, Jackie Williams via stylist
> > <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Lynda,
> > This is a spectacular vision of Myrna's poem I loved it from the start,
> > but even more now. As a poet, I thank you for taking the time and effort
> > to really feel this poem and share your translation of it with all of us.
> >
> > Jackie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
> > Lambert via stylist
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 5:19 PM
> > To: Barbara HAMMEL; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors- for MYRNA
> >
> >
> > I'll be lazy and tag onto this, Myrna. Here's to you!
> >
> > Hi Myrna,
> > I wanted to write about this poem but needed lots of time to read it
> > through
> > many times and dwell on it. I am a very slow reader when it comes to
> > poetry.
> > I have to read a poem countless times before I can begin to put it
> > together.
> > That is, if there is something there that is necessary to spend time
> > thinking about for so long. This certainly is one of those poems ? I have
> > carried it in my mind since the first reading of it. Tonight, it is dark
> > and raining, and I am quite tired. It was the perfect time to reflect and
> > write a few words on the poem. Here is what I thought about as I read it
> > again this evening. Because I hold poetry in such a high place, I
> normally
> > have to think about it a lot -
> > Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > As the poem opens, I feel like I am seated in a dark theater and watching
> > as
> > the curtain begins to rise so slowly. It is a feeling that I am
> standing
> > there with you as you open the curtain and on the stage, is a vault.
> > Just
> > a vault. Nothing more. It stands in the center of the bare stage. We are
> > quiet, and we wait to see what comes next.
> > The word "vault" is so significant, I think, to where you are going in
> > this piece.
> > To my mind, a ?vault? is a much stronger word than if you had put
> > your
> > colors in a box or a trunk. You gave me a new notion of keeping things
> > safe
> > and a place for holding prized things. A vault reminds me of something
> > that
> > is kept safely locked up, as a wall of metal safe deposit boxes in a
> > ank - or the larger vault where the bank would keep money, and other
> > costly
> > items. One has to have a key and legal access to enter into it. I think
> > it
> > gives the idea of maximum security for treasures. But it is always
> > ?entered
> > into? when one goes to a vault - I thought o f this poem a couple days
> > ago,
> > as I entered into the vault to get my safe deposit box out to check on
> > some
> > contents - I envisioned your "vault" in the poem as I stood there waiting
> > for the person to unlock the box and leave me alone with it.
> > The idea of the colors being ?unseen? strikes me, too. It makes me muse;
> > Would a color be a visable, physical color if it was not visually seen?
> > Because I have a very long visual memory of colors, I cannot really think
> > in
> > any other way. I have no idea what a ?color? signifies to one who has
> > never
> > seen a color. Just to mention a color makes me feel it, smell it, hold
> it,
> > embrace it. And, I wonder, is it this way for a person who have not had
> > the
> > experiences with color, and how does it differ?
> >
> > The treasures here, put in the vault, have been garnered over a period of
> > time ? like a ?collector? who brings precious coins, or gems, or money to
> > their personal bank vault ? to keep it all safe from theft or loss. I
> get
> > the idea that the persona once knew colors intimately, but now does not,
> > since the colors are called ?unseen.? But, then, all colors are unseen
> > because they exist in the imagination of us all. The treasures are
> > elements
> > of imagination ? the mysteries we can all gather and store no matter
> what.
> > When you begin to name colors, I can feel them as I read. The ?grace of
> > blue? brings to my mind a holiness, a sacred object ? peacefulness of
> > mysteries.
> > And, the ?red? you describe is so powerful. It propels the motions
> > and
> > movements of ?green.? Renewal of spring; renewal of Nature or of the
> > Earth.
> > The red of fire and flames and the phoenix of life that emerges from it.
> > Like a brilliant red bud that I can reach for and in the process fall
> into
> > the foliage that surrounds it.
> >
> > I will end here. I love it! Lynda
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:05 AM
> > To: Jackie Williams ; Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >
> > I refrained from commenting earlier because the first time Iread it I
> > thought not much of this offering but now that I've read it again I DO
> > realize the wonder of it. Morna, I've saved 5 of your poems to add to my
> > "other writers" poetry. I do very much enjoy your poems -- which shows
> > that
> > I'm broadening my horizons since you write free verse. :) You, Lynda and
> > Jackie write wonderfully.
> > (LOL! My only disappointment about this poem is that purple, pink and
> > orange
> > were missing by name.)
> > Barbara
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 4, 2014, at 18:51, Jackie Williams via stylist
> >> <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Myrna,
> >> I regret that it has taken me this long to comment on your superb poem.
> >> It
> >> is almost overwhelming with its personification of colors, and the
> >> realization that these are remembered, and kept in a vault as treasures.
> >> It makes me want to ask you a million questions.
> >> I am one of the fortunate ones for whom the vault has not yet closed.
> But
> >> almost week by week, those colors are dimming without recognition of
> the
> >> hues, and shades. I have an aide who helped me put matching jewelry into
> >> plastic bags on which I use a "pen-friend" which tells me the color, and
> >> whether it is made by someone I know, and the date. I have always tried
> >> to
> >> be perfectly coordinated with everything on me, so it is a bitter pill.
> >> You, obviously, at some point had full vision to remember the colors in
> >> such
> >> a personal way related to the entire outdoors and emotions as well.
> >> I would like to know your background in writing poetry. Did you take
> >> classes, go to workshops, get a degree?
> >> And how would you feel about me copying this poem and taking it to my
> >> poetry
> >> class to share with my fellow poets in my critique group. Our first
> >> meeting
> >> this fall is this coming Tuesday. While they have some insight into the
> >> blind because of me, but not nearly enough to recognize how creative the
> >> blind can be.
> >> I hope you are consistently getting better and closer to having your
> >> computer.
> >>
> >> With admiration,
> >> Jackie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> >> myrnaspoetry
> >> via stylist
> >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:06 AM
> >> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> >> Subject: [stylist] Poem My Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> Last night at our meeting we talked about colors and I wanted to share
> >> this
> >> poem I'd written some time ago. Hope it is enjoyed. I wish I could send
> >> it
> >> as attachment but I do not have access to my computer yet.
> >> Myrna
> >>
> >> Vault of Unseen Colors
> >>
> >> I open the door to my vault
> >> of unseen colors using imagination's
> >> key and I find myself in awe
> >> and wonderment at the many treasures
> >> I have gathered over the years,
> >> the mysticism and the stark reality,
> >> the grace of blue, its penchant for peace,
> >> and the voracious appetite of red with its
> >> livid caricature in times of anger.
> >> I stumble across the many shades of green,
> >> breathing in its promise of renewal.
> >> I touch the playfulness of yellow and the glory of cerise, the
> >> invitation of black and white,
> >> and I smile at the seemingly
> >> dull surprises of brown and gray,
> >> and with faith renewed I sort through
> >> the depths of every memory, the images
> >> and echoes, the ocean's changing hues and seasonal
> >> paintings upon a mountain, the building
> >> of a night sky and a waking dawn,
> >> the shadows of rainbows
> >> and the portraits drawn by racing clouds.
> >>
> >> My memory vault is overflowing and yet
> >> I cannot, nor will not, divide those special
> >> moments into slots of importance for each
> >> owns a significant place within the heart and
> >> my vault would not be the same
> >> without them, whether they are flawed
> >> or remembered
> >> in pristine perfection.
> >>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:00:38 -0400
> From: Applebutter Hill <applebutterhill at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [stylist] A great article about Braille for older adults from
> our newest Stylist member
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> Hi All,
> I was surfing the internet and found this article about learning Braille as
> an older adult by Helen Kobeck, who just introduced herself to the list a
> few days ago. It's from the National Braille Press's Inside NBP blog.
>
> http://nationalbraillepress.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/minding-your-ps-and-qs-
> learning-braille-as-an-older-adult/
> Enjoy,
> Donna
>
>
> -- The Heart of Applebutter Hill - a novel on a mission:
>
> http://DonnaWHill.com <http://donnawhill.com/>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:04:28 -0500
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [stylist] poetry group opportunity
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> A friend and I are thinking about putting together a poetry group and were
> wondering if anyone here would be interested in joining us. If you are,
> write me offline at poetlori8 at msn.com
> Barbara Hammel
>
> Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.--Robert Frost
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